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Middleware: What's the buzz?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Vail, Gregory R. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Middleware” has certainly become one of the hottest buzzwords in the clinical laboratory industry. One of the problems with buzzwords is that they “appear ubiquitously but their actual meanings often remain unclear.”1 At this time, this is certainly the case with middleware for the clinical laboratory. The common defi nition of middleware, in any industry, is “software that facilitates the communication between two applications.”2 Although this defi nition may have fi t middleware in our industry at fi rst, it is certainly out of date now. Another problem with buzzwords is that they are often “a trendy word or phrase that is used more to impress than explain.”3 Unfortunately, there are some in our industry that have done precisely this, simply renaming existing offerings. It is imperative that our industry defi ne middleware, or rename it, before its signifi cant benefi ts are lost in the buzzword world. In order to defi ne middleware, we need to fi rst understand why it came about and what it does. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 16610450 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 38 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.mlo-online.com/articles/200603/0306special_feature.pdf |
| Journal | MLO: medical laboratory observer |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
